Outcome Measurement & Progress Tracking Flashcards
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Which standardized tool is specifically designed to measure participation outcomes for AAC users across home, school, and community settings?
Answer: FOCUS (Functional Outcomes of Communication for Users of AAC)
FOCUS (Functional Outcomes of Communication for Users of AAC) is specifically designed to capture participation-based outcomes for AAC users across multiple environments.
A clinician wants to assess whether an AAC intervention improved a student's ability to initiate communication in the classroom. Which data collection method is most appropriate?
Answer: Event recording of spontaneous communication initiations
Event recording tracks the frequency of targeted behaviors such as spontaneous initiations, making it ideal for monitoring communication initiation goals.
The Social Networks Inventory is used in AAC outcome measurement primarily to assess:
Answer: The breadth and quality of a communicator's social relationships
The Social Networks Inventory maps an AAC user's communication partners and social relationships across circles of support.
When graphing AAC progress data, a clinician notices performance is stable but below the aim line. The most appropriate response is to:
Answer: Make an instructional modification to increase the rate of progress
Data below the aim line for a stable trend indicates the current intervention is insufficient and an instructional change is warranted.
Which concept describes the extent to which an AAC user spontaneously generates novel utterances rather than repeating modeled phrases?
Answer: Spontaneous Goal-Related Utterances (SGRUs)
Spontaneous Goal-Related Utterances (SGRUs) measure the AAC user's ability to independently generate novel, targeted communication acts.
A parent-completed questionnaire rated on a 5-point Likert scale is used to track an AAC user's communication at home. This type of tool is best described as:
Answer: Caregiver-report outcome measure
A parent-rated questionnaire represents a caregiver-report outcome measure, capturing the perspective of a key communication partner in natural environments.
In AAC progress monitoring, 'inter-rater reliability' refers to:
Answer: Agreement between two or more observers scoring the same behavior
Inter-rater reliability measures how consistently two or more observers record the same behavior, ensuring data accuracy and trustworthiness.